\n Directed by Marc Evans, Effi o Blaenau is adapted from Gary Owen\u2019s acclaimed monodrama Iphigenia in Splott and set against the striking open landscapes of North Wales.\n<\/p>\n
\n (Image: S4C)\n<\/p>\n
\n Running at 90 minutes, it was released on June 19 and has already drawn attention for its raw, uncompromising look at life on the margins.\n<\/p>\n
\n The story follows Effi, a young woman stuck in a cycle of unemployment, nights out and heavy comedowns. A chance meeting in a Llandudno nightclub with injured soldier Lee briefly offers her a glimpse of something better \u2014 but the reality that follows is far tougher, exposing the personal cost of a system stretched to breaking point.\n<\/p>\n
\n Leisa Gwenllian leads the cast alongside Tom Rhys Harries and Owen Alu.\n<\/p>\n
\n The film, in Welsh with English subtitles, can be seen at the Scala on July 14 at 7.55pm and on July 15 at 5pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Directed by Marc Evans, Effi o Blaenau is adapted from Gary Owen\u2019s acclaimed monodrama Iphigenia in Splott and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[96,2839,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-670256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=670256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}